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, G. E. ADAMS.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

No. 461,601. v Patented 001;. 20, 1891.

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of which the clasp is composed.

UNITED STATES ATENT OEEIcE.

GEORGE E. ADAMS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,601, dated October20, 1891.

Application filed June 13, 1891. Serial No. 396,087. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ADAMS, of the city of Providence, in thecounty of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Garment-Supports; and I hereby declarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

This invention has reference to improve ments in garment-supporterclasps.

The object of this invention is to produce a spring-clasp the arms ofwhich will have greater resilience than as heretofore constructed.

The further object of this invention is to produce a spring-clasp theparts of which may be secured together and to the garment-- supporterproper in an extremely simple manner without the use of rivets orsolder.

To attain these ends I have invented certain peculiar features ofconstruction and combination of novel parts, which will be more fullydescribed hereinafter, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a viewof the separated portions Fig. 2 is an edge View ofthe completed clasp. Fig. 3 is a top View of the same.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In the drawings, 4 indicates the lower plate, which has the concaveclampingdisk 5, one edge of which is provided with serrations 5. Theshank of this plate is stamped into longitudinal corrugations4, thecenter one of which is shortened by the slot 6, cut or stamped out ofthe plate 4 near the edge of the disk 5, the remaining corrugationsforming arms connecting the disk 5 with the main portion of the plate,which at the end opposite this disk 5 has the ears 7 7, the edges ofwhich are serrated, while the extreme end is stamped or cut out to formthe tongue 8 and the shoulders 9 9, the distance between these shouldersbeing slightly greater than the width of the corrugated portion of theplate 4.

The plate 10 is of a length and width equal to that of the plate 4. Italso has longitudinal corrugations 10', the central one of whichextends, beyond the side corrugations, forming a connecting-arm, on theend of which is portion 14 between these being slightly less in widththan the width of the plate 4.

In stamping out the plates described the corrugations forming the armsof the plate 4 are bent to bring the concave side of the disk 5 on aplane above that of the plate, while the arm formed by the centralcorrugation of the plate 10 is bent to bring the concace side of thedisk 11 on a plane below that of the plate 10. The slot 6 is long enoughto allow the corrugated portion of the plate 10 to pass through. Afterpassing this portion through the slot 6 as far as the central arm theplate is turned to bring the concaved sides of the clampingdiskstogether and allowing the rear portions of the plates to lie flattogether. The ears 7 7 are now bent at right angles to the surface ofthe plate 4, the shoulders 9 9 being bent over and engaging with theears 12 of the plate 4, while the ears 7 7 closely engage the edges ofthe contraction 14and secure both plates together. Then the web or strapsupporting this clamp is placed between the ears 7 7 and these cars arebent over on it, the plates are more firmly fixed in place.

By the use of the longitudinal corrugations additional resilience isimparted to the metal forming the plates, and by this means I have beenenabled to use a much cheaper quality of metal than has heretofore beenpossible.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a garment-support clasp, the combination, withthelongitudinally-corrugated plate 4, having the concave disk 5 providedwith a serrated edge, the slot 6, cars 7 7, tongue 8, and shoulders 9 9,of the longitudinally-corrugated plate 10, the arm of which extendsthrough the slot 6 and having the concave plate 11 provided withserrations 11, a-contracted portion 14, adapted to be grasped betweenthe bent-up ears 7 7, and the ears 12 2, engaging with the shoulders 9 9of the plate 4, as and for the purpose described.

GEORGE E. ADAMS. Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J12, M. F. BLIGH.

